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245 _aRome :
_bpower & glory /
_c Graham Townsley; Lynn Dougherty; Neil Barrett; Peter Coyote; Charlie Barnett.
_hVideorecording.
246 _aRome power and glory.
260 _aChicago, Ill. :
_bDistributed by Questar,
_c©2005.
300 _a6 videodiscs (312 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in.
500 _a "Over 5 hours on six discs." Originally produced for television broadcast in 1998. Previously released as QD3588. Special features: Timeline, virtual reconstructions, twelve Caesars biographies, "Colosseum, house of terror", "Pompeii", "Flamma: gladiator superstar", "Training killers", "Fighting men of the arena", "Fearful facts."
505 _a v. 1. The rise. The rise ; Reflections of glory ; Etruscans ; Savage beginnings ; Birth of a republic ; Setting the stage -- v. 2. Legions of conquest. Conquest ; War machine ; The Second Punic War ; A soldier's loyalty ; Allegiance to the Empire ; End of conquest -- v. 3. Seduction of power. Seduction of power ; Fatal precedent ; Gracchus' proposal Julius Caesar ; The first emperors ; Nero -- v. 4. Grasp of empire. Grasp of empire ; To be a Roman ; Erecting an empire ; Prosperity ; Slave revolt ; The tides turn -- v. 5. The cult of order. The cult of order ; Century of doubt ; Moral decay ; Fragmented world ; Underground cult ; Diocletian's wrath -- v. 6. The fall. The fall ; Powder keg ; Panic and reform ; Constantine's vision ; Barbarians ; Rome's twilight.
508 _aExecutive producers, Ed Fields, Joel Westbrook; original score, Charlie Barnett.
511 _aNarrator: Peter Coyote.
520 _a Presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings to the height of its glory and its eventual decline. Combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed re-enactments, period art and writing, and insights from scholars and public figures.
650 _aRome
_xHistory.
650 _a Rome
_xCivilization.
650 _a Rome (Italy)
_xHistory.
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